MR. GATHORNE HARDY (for the First Lord of the Treasury)moved—
That Committees shall not sit upon Thursday, being Ascension Day, until Two o'clock, and shall have leave to sit until Six o'clock, notwithstanding the sitting of the House.He said that the Motion was different in form from that adopted last year, when complaint was made that Committees could not sit long enough to do any real business.
§ Motion agreed to.